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UpdatedWed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:58 pm ET Replies(2) Mayor Bill de Blasio pressed Gov. Andrew Cuomo — again — for permission to vaccinate wider swaths of vulnerable New Yorkers. (NYC Mayor’s Office) NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a pointed plea for permission to give the coronavirus vaccine to New Yorkers over 75. Left unnamed was the pleas target — Gov. Andrew Cuomo. De Blasios remarks Wednesday were the latest in a days-long campaign for the "state" — really, Cuomo — to g...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As COVID-19 cases increase this holiday season, the NYC Test & Trace Corps announced the launch of rapid testing on mobile units to reach more communities in need of testing at no cost. The partnership with Rapid Reliable Testing (RRT), a subsidiary of Ambulnz, is introducing rapid antigen testing in two mobile testing units, with plans to expand to additional units in the coming weeks. Partnering with Ambulnz and R...

Staten Islanders experiencing long wait times for coronavirus testing Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020 One Staten Islander waited over four hours to get tested at the CityMD in New Springville on Tuesday, Dec. 29. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Staten Island Advance Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to spike in New York, with millions scrambling to get tested following the winter holidays, Staten Islanders are once again experienc...

TMCnet News Fulgent Genetics Extends Partnership with New York City Test and Trace for COVID-19 Testing, Awarded Contract for 2021 School Year [December 29, 2020] Fulgent Genetics Extends Partnership with New York City Test and Trace for COVID-19 Testing, Awarded Contract for 2021 School Year TEMPLE CITY, Calif., Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fulgent Genetics (Nasdaq: FLGT), a technology company providing comprehensive testing solutions through its scalable technology platform, today ann...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Fulgent Genetics Extends Partnership with New York City Test and Trace for COVID-19 Testing, ... Fulgent Genetics, Inc.December 29, 2020 GMT TEMPLE CITY, Calif., Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fulgent Genetics (Nasdaq: FLGT), a technology company providing comprehensive testing solutions through its scalable technology platform, today announced that the Company has extended its partnership with th...

Dec. 27, 2020 8:46 pm ET New York City’s contact-tracing team will be put to the test over the winter amid a new surge in Covid-19 cases that is expected to continue through the holiday season. While the introduction of Covid-19 vaccines has given New Yorkers hope the worst part of the pandemic will be over in 2021, the city still must navigate through a difficult winter. New York City’s seven-day average of new and probable Covid-19 cases has exceeded 3,000 for most of December, up...

NYC clinic probe leaves partially vaccinated patients concerned about what comes next December 28, 2020 1:56 am A nurse unpacks Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Boston on Dec. 24, 2020. The Moderna vaccine is the one that a New York clinic is under investigation for giving to members of the general public. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — When David first saw the advertisement on his local Long Island community Whatsapp group inviting peopl...

139 shares Illustrative: An Orthodox Jewish man walks past Parcares health care facility, December 27, 2020, in the Willamsburg section of Brooklyn in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) JTA — When David first saw the advertisement on his local Long Island community Whatsapp group inviting people like him and his wife, both over 65, to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine, he was skeptical. The ad linked to a nondescript Google form that asked him to answer a few questions and submit insu...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A New York-based medical provider is being investigated for allegedly fraudulently obtaining and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine, Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in a statement Saturday. Zucker said the Department of Health was made aware of reports about Parcare Community Health Network in Orange County. Reports claim the network somehow fraudulently obtained doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and transferred them to other facilities throughout the state, in violation of...

N.J.’s contact tracing operation is struggling, experts say. Here’s how other states are doing it better. Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 A contact tracer at the Camden County Department of Health works in her office in May.Phil McAuliffe For The Times Of Trenton Facebook Share If you test positive for COVID-19 in New Jersey, you should eventually get a call from one of the state’s 3,500 contact tracers. They will ask you how you are doing, give you information on how to quara...